Everton vs Crystal Palace: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Everton host Crystal Palace at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday, August 22 (10:00 AM ET / 9:00 AM CT / 7:00 AM PT).

The injured James Garner misses out for Everton, ruled out with a groin/hip/pelvic problem, while the doubtful Timothy Iroegbunam is another to monitor. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Beto, Thierno Barry and Iliman Ndiaye are the players expected to carry Everton’s attack, all among the club’s leading scorers last season. Crystal Palace check in without the sidelined Adam Wharton, out with an ankle/foot injury, and carry fitness doubts over Dwight McNeil and Cheick Doucoure, though Jean-Philippe Mateta, Ismaïla Sarr and Daniel Muñoz remain their central threats.

Both sides open the new season with a blank sheet, zero points and zero games played, so this is as fresh a start as the calendar offers. Everton have Beto’s return in support of Dewsbury-Hall’s creativity to lean on, with Ndiaye providing another route to goal, while Palace will look to Mateta, who scored 12 last season from 63 shots, to keep doing what he does best. The market leans toward a home win but rates goals at both ends as likely, with both teams to score priced as the more probable outcome and the total edging toward three or more.

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Everton vs Crystal Palace: Best Bets & Predictions

Team news, prediction and best bets as Everton host Crystal Palace in their first game of the new Premier League season.

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Everton to winTop pickEverton carry the higher implied probability in the result market and have the firepower up top to make it count.

48%win prob.110 @ bet365

BTTS – YesMateta and Sarr give Palace their own route to goal even in defeat, and Everton's front line has scored freely.

60%chance-150 @ bet365

Over 2.5 GoalsWith both sides likely to score, the game leans toward three-plus goals rather than a tight, low-scoring afternoon.

53%chance-111 @ bet365

Everton 2-1 Crystal PalaceA narrow home win with goals at both ends fits the result, BTTS and over 2.5 picks together.

10%chance900 @ bet365

Beto to score anytimeBeto scored 9 goals from 43 shots last season, with 17 on target, making him Everton's likeliest source of goals.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐chanceopening soon @ bet365

Our approach: we lean on price-implied probabilities across the result, BTTS, over 2.5 goals and correct score markets, then align an anytime scorer pick with the same match shape.

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Season Form & Standings

Neither side has kicked a ball yet this season – Everton and Crystal Palace both sit on zero points from zero games played as the table resets for the new campaign.

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Potential Match-Winners

• Beto (Everton): Beto scored 9 goals from 43 shots last season, with 17 on target, and looks Everton’s likeliest source of goals again.
• Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Everton): Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added 8 goals and created 37 chances last season, with 4 assists underlining his all-round threat from midfield.
• Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace): Jean-Philippe Mateta led the way with 12 goals from 63 shots last season, putting 32 of them on target.

Recent Form

Everton: L L D D L

• 2026-05-17: Everton 1-3 Sunderland (L, home)
• 2026-05-10: Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton (D, away)
• 2026-05-04: Everton 3-3 Manchester City (D, home)
• 2026-04-25: West Ham 2-1 Everton (L, away)
• 2026-04-19: Everton 1-2 Liverpool (L, home)

Everton’s last 5 matches of the 2025/26 season went L L D D L, closing with a 1-3 loss to Sunderland, a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace, a 3-3 draw with Manchester City at home, a 2-1 loss at West Ham and a 1-2 home defeat to Liverpool.

Crystal Palace: D L L D D

• 2026-05-17: Brentford 2-2 Crystal Palace (D, away)
• 2026-05-10: Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton (D, home)
• 2026-05-03: Bournemouth 3-0 Crystal Palace (L, away)
• 2026-04-25: Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace (L, away)
• 2026-04-20: Crystal Palace 0-0 West Ham (D, home)

Crystal Palace ended last season on a D L L D D run, drawing 2-2 at Brentford, drawing 2-2 at home with Everton, losing 3-0 at Bournemouth, losing 3-1 at Liverpool and drawing 0-0 at home with West Ham.

Everton vs Crystal Palace Prediction

With both clubs still on zero points from zero games this season, league position tells us nothing yet – this one comes down to the sharper attack. Everton’s edge in the market and their options up top should be enough for a narrow win at Hill Dickinson Stadium, with Crystal Palace’s own threat through Mateta and Sarr keeping it open. Expect goals at both ends and a 2-1 finish in Everton’s favor.